Bucknell students create slam poetry to confront their preconceptions about the feminist movement.

We want to strengthen critical thinking and inquiry through a focus on women's experiences and the social construction of gender in its relation to race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, disability and age in both the past and present.

The study of femininity and masculinity, the relations between women and men, and the differential power structures that create these social categories are of central importance to the curriculum.

Career Paths

Women’s and gender studies offers a solid background for careers in fields such as journalism, law, international affairs, teaching, personnel management, public and private corporations and local and state agencies addressing gender relations and identities, as well as the needs of girls and women.

Alumnae/i have secured the following positions:

Special education teacher, Teach For America

Assistant media buyer, Devito/Verdi

Marketing manager, Digitas

Clinical social worker, New York Presbyterian Hospital

Guidance Counselor, Council Rock School District (Bucks County, PA)

Paralegal for the Department of Justice Immigration Office

WMST 332: Women and the Penal System

Each week, students in the WMST 332/SOCI 332 course, "Women and the Penal System," travel to the State Correctional Institution at Muncy and sit side-by-side with women on the inside to talk about how gender, race and class come into play in the criminal justice system.

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Challenge what you think you know. Feminism, power, masculinity: They’re all charged terms, and when you add race, ethnicity, sexuality and class into the mix, the conversations can get really intense, enlightening and exhilarating.

In our women’s and gender studies program, you’ll focus on women’s experiences and the social construction of gender in the past and present. You’ll explore the meaning and origins of the ideas of femininity and masculinity, the relations between women and men, and the differential power structures that create these social categories.

Courses You Could Take

254.

Sex and Social Order

Analysis of connections between sex and social structure to determine how our understanding of sexuality is implicated in our political system, economy, and cultural ideology.

290.

Gender Issues in Education

Examine how gender affects the teaching-learning process with an emphasis on theory, curriculum, pedagogy and assessment.

328.

Mating & Marrying in America

Explore the changing patterns in American courtship, marriage and family life from the 20th to the 21st century.

Did You Know?

Women's & gender studies courses frame questions of gender and feminisms in ways that connect the local to the global and promote an understanding of relations of power in multiple contexts.

The program gives students a better understanding of concepts — gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality and age — in the past and in the contemporary world, there by achieving an understanding of the complexity of human experience.

Assistant Professor

"Forging relationships outside of the classroom helps students see that they can think about the world through the critical lenses they've developed in the classroom, and they can bring the world that they're experiencing into the classroom."

Hands-on Experience

Study Abroad

Make the World Your Campus

Women's and gender studies majors often take advantage of study-abroad opportunities that allow them the chance to examine the role of women and gender in history, literature, society, science and culture on a global stage.

Recently, our majors have studied in Brazil, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, South Africa and the Netherlands.

Undergraduate Research

Earn a Spot in the Student Presentation Series

Students can conduct independent, mentored scholarship alongside faculty members on and off campus. Often these projects result in an invitation to present their findings as part of the Student Lecture Series, like Ana Aguilera Silva '14 who recently presented "This is Me: Journey of Identity and Intersectionality".

Internships

Women's and gender studies majors can gain career experience through summer internships.

Recently, students have interned at Women-for-Women International in Washington, D.C. and Rwanda, New York Law School, University of Massachusetts, the Lewisburg League of Women Voters, and a reproductive health organization in Cape Verde.

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